# paralelo
## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [paraˈlelo]
* Rhymes: -elo
* Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧le‧lo

### Noun

paralelo (accusative singular paralelon, plural paraleloj, accusative plural paralelojn)
* (geometry) parallel

#### Derived terms

* paralela
* paralele

#### Related terms

* paralelepipedo
* paralelogramo

## Galician
### Adjective

paralelo (feminine paralela, masculine plural paralelos, feminine plural paralelas)
* parallel

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* parallelo (obsolete)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + ἄλληλος (állēlos, “one another”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾaˈlɛ.lu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾaˈlɛ.lu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /pa.ɾaˈlɛ.lo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /pɐ.ɾɐˈlɛ.lu/
* Hyphenation: pa‧ra‧le‧lo

### Adjective

paralelo (feminine paralela, masculine plural paralelos, feminine plural paralelas)
* (geometry) parallel (of two or more (straight) lines, (flat) surfaces etc: equally distant from one another at all points)
    Synonym: equidistante
* (computing) parallel (involving the processing of multiple tasks at the same time)
* parallel (having the same overall direction)
* (of events) happening at the same time
* (electricity) describes conductor which are in parallel
* which is used as an alternative to something official
    Synonym: alternativo
    Antonyms: oficial, principal
    Em algumas cidades, as pessoas usam moeda paralela, ao invés do real.In some cities, people use alternative currency, instead of real.
    Esse é um controle remoto paralelo, não é original.This is an alternative remote control, not the original one.

#### Coordinate terms

* (equally distant from one another): oblíquo, perpendicular

#### Derived terms

* barras paralelas
* computação paralela
* universo paralelo

### Noun

paralelo m (plural paralelos)
* (geography) parallel (line of latitude)
* a comparison (evaluation of the similarities and differences)
    Synonyms: comparação, confronto, cotejo

#### Coordinate terms

* (line of latitude): meridiano

#### Related terms

* para-
* paralela
* paralelamente
* paralelas
* paralelepípedo
* paralélico
* paralelígeros
* paralelinervado
* paralelinérveo
* paralelismo
* paralelística
* paralelístico
* paralelivenoso
* paralelização
* paralelizar
* paralelizável
* paralelocinesia
* paralelocinético
* paralelografia
* paralelográfico
* paralelógrafo
* paralelogrâmico

## Spanish
### Etymology 1

From Latin parallēlus, from Ancient Greek παράλληλος (parállēlos), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + ἄλληλος (állēlos, “one another”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /paɾaˈlelo/ [pa.ɾaˈle.lo]
* Rhymes: -elo
* Syllabification: pa‧ra‧le‧lo

#### Adjective

paralelo (feminine paralela, masculine plural paralelos, feminine plural paralelas)
* parallel

##### Derived terms

* antiparalelo
* en paralelo
* paralelismo
* universo paralelo

##### Related terms

* paralelogramo

#### Further reading

* “paralelo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

paralelo
* first-person singular present indicative of paralelar